Nokia to axe 1,300 jobs on home turf following Alcatel-Lucent merger

Nokia has confirmed plans for yet another round of job cuts. This time, 1,300 employees based in Finland will be shown the door. The latest cull comes after Nokia recently acquired French network kit maker Alcatel-Lucent.

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The company—which put out a press release entitled "Nokia launches headcount reductions as part of global synergy and transformation program" that some Nokia employees might consider to be insensitive—said that it was hoping to achieve €900 million (~£727 million) of "operating cost synergies" by 2018.

Nokia began slashing jobs on Wednesday, and said it expected many of the cuts to take place in R&D, sales, and corporate posts where there are "overlaps."

"When we announced the acquisition of Alcatel-Lucent we made a commitment to deliver €900 million in synergies—and that commitment has not changed," said Nokia boss Rajeev Suri. "We also know that our actions will have real human consequences and, given this, we will proceed in a way that that is consistent with our company values and provide transition and other support to the impacted employees."